O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 25-13-10 (2019)

Criminal penalties

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not less than $1,000.00 or more than $5,000.00 or to imprisonment for not less than one or more than five years, or both. Each violation shall constitute a separate offense.

History

Code 1981, § 25-13-10, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 772, § 1.

FIRE SAFETY STANDARD/FIREFIGHTER PROT.

CHAPTER 14 GEORGIA FIRE SAFETY STANDARD AND FIREFIGHTER PROTECTION Sec.

Short title. Definitions. Standards for testing cigarettes; reports; exceptions. Written certification. Required marking of cigarettes. Civil penalty; forfeiture. Rules and regulations; inspections.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2008, p. 104, § 2/SB 418, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall preempt and supersede and shall prohibit the enactment of any local laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations by the governing authority of

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Enforcement of this chapter; cooperation during inspections. Manufacturing for sale or selling cigarettes outside of Georgia not prohibited. Effect of modification of federal standards. Impact of changes in New York safety standards.

any county or municipal corporation concerning the testing of cigarettes, the performance standards of cigarettes, or the certification that cigarettes have been manufactured in compliance with testing and performance standards.”